Jose Mourinho reveals he rejected offer to become Paris Saint-Germain boss

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter | 17 February 2015

Jose Mourinho reveals that he turned down an offer to become Paris Saint-Germain's new manager before returning to Chelsea in 2013.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that he turned down an offer to become the coach of Paris Saint-Germain.

The 52-year-old has admitted that he met with the French outfit's owners Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani while he was at Real Madrid.

Mourinho, who returned to Chelsea for a second spell in 2013, was offered the manager's job at Parc des Princes two years ago, despite turning them down in 2011.

"I know the PSG project well", Mourinho told reporters. "I know it well because when they started this project with the owner, the president and Leonardo, I was to be the coach.

"I met them in Qatar. The project was to start dominating in France, then Europe, but I didn't go because I was at Real Madrid and it was a real ambition for me to be a champion in Spain, England and Italy. It was not the right moment for me to go."

Mourinho will face PSG this evening when his side take on the Ligue 1 team in France for the first leg of their last-16 clash in the Champions League.